Synonyms for conform
kənˈfɔrmcon·form

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1. conformverb

   To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.

   Synonyms:
   acquiesce, comply, go along to get along, knuckle under, submit

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1. conform

   Synonyms:
   agree, consent, harmonize, adapt, fit, tally, suit, obey, comply, unite, yield

   Antonyms:
   disagree, dissent, vary, dissociate, secede, misfit, dissimilate, misadapt

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1. conformverb

   be similar, be in line with

   Synonyms:
   adjust, adapt

   Antonyms:
   depart, vary, diverge, deviate

2. adjust, conform, adaptverb

   adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

   "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"

   Synonyms:
   adapt, set, accommodate, align, aline, adjust, correct, line up

   Antonyms:
   vary, diverge, depart, deviate

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1. conformverb

   Synonyms:
   make conformable, bring into compliance

2. conformverb

   Synonyms:
   comply, yield assent

3. conformverb

   Synonyms:
   agree, harmonize, tally, square, quadrate, correspond, comport

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1. List of paraphrases for "conform":

   comply, adhere, meet, correspond, compliant, abide, satisfy, follow, align

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1. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne:

   Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

2. William Hazlitt:

   Fashon is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism it is haughty, trifling, affected, servile, despotic, mean and ambitious, precise and fantastical, all in a breath -- tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.

3. Katie Slocombe:

   Our study is the first one to show that chimps do have some control over the structure of these food grunts, when exposed to a different social culture, they can choose to shift the structure of their calls to conform and give a different grunt.

4. James Reston, New York Times, June 12 1968:

   This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.

5. Richard Neal:

   Tax policy is pretty complicated. There are times when individual returns can instruct you. Other times, you might seek a business return, it has to conform to the principle of a pretty narrow law.